HARRY JUMONJI RETURNS
Uncategorized October 31st, 2008
Anyone who knows me closely knows about Jumonji and me…We been through a lot of trials and tribulations through the years……Guys my friend for over 25 years he’s my spiritual lil bro…. Here’s Jumonji ripping it up at Owls Head the other day as he always says about himself he is a 100% skateboarder for life……..Kid still got style for miles……..All of our fingers are crossed collectively this time and so far so good! Jumonji is NY skateboarding take heed!
Harry and Bryan the guy who sent me these pics…Thanks B
Here’s Bryan ripping a beautiful crail to tail:
Jumonji back on board literally…Thanks for the shots Bryan!
Enjoy
Dante Ross
NYC
November 8th, 2008 at 5:13 am
hi, funny i saw harry last night on the side of the stage at the bad brains show at the fillmore aka the old irving plaza. coincidental because that was the last place i saw him like 20 years ago (?) at the milky way hip hop party when they had the mini ramp there. i was the blonde bartender girl. i’ll never forget seeing harry roll slowly up to the stage on his board and then just ollie up onto it…its about 4 feet high, maybe more! well i’m glad to see he’s ok. rock on harry, peace
February 20th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
hey Dante,
Seb from Skateboarder mag here. I’d need to ask you a few things re: early skating in NYC, can you email me? thanks man.
February 20th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Forget the first email address, this is the good one.
March 1st, 2009 at 6:42 pm
[...] I was recently down at the aNYthing shop, it was a nice day so I decided to dust off my board which was down at the shop for a few months now and skate home. Once I grabbed my board, i saw that it was blessed with a few words of truth from the one and only Harry Jumonji (if you dont know him, get out more, or go HERE or HERE.) [...]
March 1st, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Harrys struggling peoples tread lightly on the topic please things are heavy with my man these days nuff said.
March 7th, 2009 at 3:11 am
sorry to say but harry ain’t well. just ran into him at joe’s piza where he was selling some music cassettes and…shit yo, that’s all for now. look him up and take him off the streets!!
peace
March 7th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Hello - my son was skating in Yonkers; some random guy stopped in a car and gave the kids a skateboard - said it belonged to a pro skater. There’s a lot of writing on the board and we deciphered Harry Jumonji’s name on it. I googled his name and found this blog. I’m sorry to read of Mr. Jumonji’s struggles - but I want to pass along to him that for a 15 year old boy - someone just “Payed It Forward” in his name. The sport of skateboarding is alive and well with the youth of today because of the ground broken by guys like Mr. Jumonji. We never would have known his name if this random act of kindness didn’t fall upon my son. All the Best to you Mr. Jumonji.
April 7th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Yo. Harry would appreciate knowing about this message. Scotty in ny. Tell him to get in touch.
April 9th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Harry is a great guy but he’s also a sick guy. I don’t know all about where he comes from and that but I do know that people that can’t stop their descent and get off the death-ride must be in alot of pain.
April 24th, 2009 at 12:46 am
Picture this……I’m walking the streets of the Lower East Side and I have my blackbook in my hand. On the book there is a sticker I got of D.J AM…But the logo for him is stolen from a old school skateboard design. So..Harry whitles at me and we instantly start talking about the sticker and the story behind the logo……..I ask him for his email and instead of writing it….He does a fresh 2 def throwey on the brown hard cover part of my notepad………………So….4 any person who isn’t from N.Y.C it isn’t un-common for u 2 meet someone who is cool but when I met Harry, I knew this dude was the truth…So..after we parted ways, I asked my homegirl that I was with 2 google his name and let’s see what comes up….Harry Jumonji is the truth n I didn’t blink when I read what he’s about in the skater world…So ……….There u have it….The story of how I met a legend on the board and a bigger Myth 2 the people who never met him but hear stories of that 100% skateboarder that has been in the scene since 1978…….7starsofluckbewithuandthepeopleuL.O.V.E…….
R:09NYC S.L
July 7th, 2009 at 11:40 am
i miss harry mann he calls me his little bro,i was chillen with him for a few weeks and he’s sick so quit talking shit on him because he’s 110% the shit mann gold hearted dude,but really harry i love you you taught me alot about life/graff/skating i wish you the best and ill see you soon,love you big bro!!!
August 7th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Jumonji has a Great heart… Very few you can find in this days… I spend about 4-5 hours last time I saw him on july 19 th… His friend past away… and couple of other things was making him very sad… and depressed…
Anyone who calls him “SICK” PLEASE DON’T.. He’s just having an addiction…
It has been couple of weeks I haven’t seen him…
If anybody knows anything about Jumonji where he is Please e-mail me.. I DO worry about him..
August 22nd, 2009 at 12:40 am
Dante, thanks for posting this picture of Harry. He is one intimidating dude on that skateboard.
Reading what Marina wrote concerns me greatly. He was with Andy out in Montauk when Andy died. That’s the death of 2 very close friends in less than a month.
If anyone here’s how he’s doing or how I can get in touch please drop a comment on my blog at: http://nycpostcards.blogspot.com
Thanks!
August 22nd, 2009 at 12:45 am
I simply want to be able to continue to help him as Andy did.
March 14th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
I meet Harry when about a year or so ago. He was a mess. I didnt think to much of him but he did ask me if I could spare some change which I did. So he say to me let me pay you back with some art work. He made some crazy ill stuff and I kept it. Today I am watching HBO and I see this dude talking about Wilfrado Gomez, when it hits me where I know him from. I gotta say I hope he is doing well and now I am happy to know his name .
May 9th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
I live in Front royal Virginia and we got a new skatepark and I went there yesterday and Harry jumonji signed my skateboard Harry you rock
May 30th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
harry is rad. i met him at the new concrete park in front royal VA yesterday. super nice guy, real real cool to the kids. it was a pleasure talking to him and i wish him all the best in the world. keep shredding jumonji. and, by the way, those lackbacks on the vert wall were PROPER.
June 14th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
We’re putting in a skate park in Berkeley spring west virginia and the owners of berkeley spring tattoo and skate new harry and had him come in and talk to some of the local youth, and sign autographs. WE lost our Nate wessel deaL for the skate park. now we have no sponsors, barley any money (thanks to the wining and dining we did to Wessel and his crew), but we do have a donated half pipe which is a start. Hopes are that Harry will return to our town to help when construction starts. I’m sure berkeley springs hasent seen the last of a skateboard legend.
July 18th, 2010 at 12:41 am
Hey,
I’m actually the photographer who took all these photos… you can see the rest of them at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/JRJensen12/OwlsHeadBowlBklynNYOctober4#